Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Vessels

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative days of fishing by vessels carrying (a) bottom trawls, (b) dredges and (c) other bottom-towed gear in the UK’s 63 offshore benth

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1. 20 March 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative days of fishing by vessels carrying (a) bottom trawls, (b) dredges and (c) other bottom-towed gear in the UK’s 63 offshore benth

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2. 28 March 2024

   Answer

   The designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Estimates of fishing effort in offshore MPAs are made as part of the Marine Management Organisation’s ...

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